Jeffrey Loria sends bobblehead collection to Hall of Fame

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses what it's like for players to go to salary arbitration, a process he took part in once, against the Yankees in 1987. "At the end of the day, I looked at it like you can’t really lose," Mattingly said. "Usually when you get to that point you’re getting a pretty good jump."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses what it's like for players to go to salary arbitration, a process he took part in once, against the Yankees in 1987. "At the end of the day, I looked at it like you can’t really lose," Mattingly said. "Usually when you get to that point you’re getting a pretty good jump."

“There is only one location for this collection to be permanently housed: The Hall of Fame,” Loria said in a statement issued by the museum. “I am very proud to be working with Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark and Museum President Jeff Idelson to create a special opportunity for the Museum’s hundreds of thousands of annual visitors.”

Loria’s collection — which includes bobblehead dolls of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Satchel Paige, Ken Griffey Jr. and those given away by the Marlins in recent years — had been on display on the concourse at Marlins Park since 2012.

The Hall of Fame said it will designate an exhibit space to display the collection permanently.

“Bobbleheads have been an integral part of the baseball landscape since the 1960s, and serve as an example of baseball’s contribution to popular culture in America,” Clark said. “We are thrilled to have this marvelous collection of baseball art that Jeffrey built. Bobbleheads are of great contemporary significance to the game we all love.”